Race Rocks Report:The following is a report on the Race Rocks Marine Protected Area prepared by Lester B. Pearson College, 9 August, 2002. It contains a summary of special events, user counts, natural occurrences of note, and a list of infractions that have been observed and recorded for the period of 1 January to 9 August, 2002. The raw information for this report was obtained from the Log Archives of Mike and Carol Slater, the Guardians of the MPA.
Race Rocks receives many visitors each month. All guests that land on Great Race are asked to sign our guest book, while the majority of visitors to the Ecological Reserve/MPA do not land, and their vessels are dutifully recorded by the Guardians. The number of whales through or past the Ecological Reserve/MPA is also noted by Mike or Carol, as well as infractions incurred in the Ecological Reserve/MPA. Table 1: Approximate User Counts with Whale sightings and infractions
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Daily Archives: Friday,August 9, 2002
here’s an idea: don’t give a tour in thick fog.
Friday, August 09, 2002
Good Evening
TEMPERATURE: Max. 20.0 C Min. 10.5 C Reset 16.2 C
MARINE LIFE: The Canadian Geese returned again today, still without the one adult. I first heard the one adult honking and then looked up to see the 6 geese near Mike and Carol’s home. Orcas may very well have gone by the reserve today, but with the fog followed by glare on the waves throughout the day, I could only see a lot of boat traffic.
HUMAN INTERACTION: 34 tour boats through the reserve today, many boats toured the reserve early today in the thick fog. With visibility severely limited, many pushed too close to the islands under current regulations. As well, with so many boats and so little visibility, some tight maneuvering on the part of some parties to get out of the way of others was needed… here’s an idea: don’t give a tour in thick fog. At a quarter to 4 one tour zodiac decided to disregard the no-wake regulation and sped past Great Race, an unfortunate incident not repeated by other tour boats today.
posted by Ryan Murphy at 7:19 PM
TEMPERATURE: Max. 20.0 C Min. 10.5 C Reset 16.2 C
MARINE LIFE: The Canadian Geese returned again today, still without the one adult. I first heard the one adult honking and then looked up to see the 6 geese near Mike and Carol’s home. Orcas may very well have gone by the reserve today, but with the fog followed by glare on the waves throughout the day, I could only see a lot of boat traffic.
HUMAN INTERACTION: 34 tour boats through the reserve today, many boats toured the reserve early today in the thick fog. With visibility severely limited, many pushed too close to the islands under current regulations. As well, with so many boats and so little visibility, some tight maneuvering on the part of some parties to get out of the way of others was needed… here’s an idea: don’t give a tour in thick fog. At a quarter to 4 one tour zodiac decided to disregard the no-wake regulation and sped past Great Race, an unfortunate incident not repeated by other tour boats today.
posted by Ryan Murphy at 7:19 PM